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Dorian

in the US

There are 7,507 people with the first name "Dorian" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Dorian 2,030
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  1. is 2,026th most common Truman
  2. is 2,027th most common Rosita
  3. is 2,028th most common Scottie
  4. is 2,029th most common Quincy
  5. is 2,030th most common Dorian
  6. is 2,031st most common Landon
  7. is 2,032nd most common Fanny
  8. is 2,033rd most common Adelina
  9. is 2,034th most common Lopez

Similar Names and Nicknames

Dorin, Dorine, Dorina, Dorien, Dorianne, Doriann, Dorinne, Doriana, Dorion, Doriane

Most Common Last Names for Dorian

Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones, Smith, Harris, Davis, Jackson, Gray, Thomas

Meaning & History

(male) Early 20th-century coinage, apparently invented by Oscar Wilde, as no evidence has been found of its existence before he used it for the central character in The Portrait of Dorian Gray (1891). Dorian Gray is a dissolute rake who retains unblemished youthful good looks; in the attic of his home is a portrait which does his ageing for him, gradually acquiring all the outward marks of his depravity. This macabre background has not deterred parents from occasionally bestowing the name on their children. Wilde probably took the name from Late Latin Dorianus, from Greek Dōrieus, denoting a member of the Greek-speaking people who settled in the Peloponnese in pre-classical times. Dorian would thus be a masculine version of Doris. It may have been selected occasionally by admirers of ancient Sparta and its militaristic institutions, since the Spartans were of Dorian stock.

Variant: Dorien.

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